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(From left to right) Avner, Sara, Benjamin and Yair Netanyahu tour the Golan Heights, on April 23, 2019. (PMO)
June 12, 2025, 7:35 pm
Tight security, roadblocks and closed airspace around site of Netanyahu’s son’s wedding
Police say airspace will close on Monday within 1.5km (0.9 mile) radius of Kibbutz Yakum venue where Avner Netanyahu is to be wed; PM’s son reportedly requested no MKs be invited
By ToI Staff
People wait on the blocked Highway 90 in the Negev Desert, after it was flooded due to heavy rains on May 4, 2025. (David Cohen/Flash90)
May 4, 2025, 6:44 pm
Heavy rains flood parts of southern Israel, leading to closures on major roads
Entrance to Eilat shut as routes 12, 40, 90 and 204 closed; public urged to avoid affected areas, as desert communities receive year’s worth of rainfall in one day
By ToI Staff
Israeli police and soldiers guard at a roadblock at the entrance to a neighborhood in the city of Beit Shemesh on April 26, 2020. (Yaakov Lederman/Flash90)
April 26, 2020, 5:22 pm
IDF troops deliver aid in locked down Netivot, Beit Shemesh
After spikes in coronavirus in ultra-Orthodox neighborhoods of the cities, police set up roadblocks to prevent further outbreaks
By Judah Ari Gross
'Yellow vest' protests reach Israel with hundreds marching against the rising cost of living in central Tel Aviv on December 14, 2018. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
December 14, 2018, 8:07 pm
‘Yellow vest’ protests reach Israel as hundreds demonstrate in Tel Aviv
Inspired by French movement, activists blame government for rising cost of living; block a central junction; at least 10 arrested after confrontations with police
By Michael Bachner
Illustrative: Flooding closes Route 40, a key highway to Eilat, April 13, 2017. (Screen capture: Channel 10)
April 14, 2017, 3:05 am
500 people evacuated from flooded campsite in south
Police warn drivers to be careful after heavy rains pound Eilat region, closing roads
By ToI Staff
Israeli security forces guard at the Qalandiya Checkpoint near Ramallah on July 26, 2016. (Flash90)
April 7, 2017, 12:56 pm
Army to seal off West Bank, Gaza for Passover holiday
Palestinians will be barred from entering Israel for a week except for special cases, IDF says
By Judah Ari Gross
An Israeli soldier stands guard at a checkpoint near the Beit El settlement on the outskirts of West Bank city of Ramallah, on a road linking Ramallah and Jerusalem on February 1, 2016. (AFP/Thomas Coex)
March 11, 2017, 10:15 pm
Army extends West Bank’s closure for Purim by a day
Palestinians will be barred from entering Israel until Tuesday, not Monday as previously announced by IDF
By Judah Ari Gross
Israeli security forces guard at the Qalandiya Checkpoint near Ramallah on July 26, 2016. (Flash90)
March 9, 2017, 4:52 pm
Army to seal off West Bank for Purim
Palestinians will be barred from entering Israel from Friday to Sunday except for special cases, IDF says
By Judah Ari Gross
One of the Eilat vehicles of the Eilat police rescue unit arrives at the scene of the flooding early Wednesday morning March 1, 2017. (Screen capture/YouTube)
March 1, 2017, 9:46 am
130 teens rescued from flooded campsites near Eilat
Sudden downpour and hail storm causes flash floods; Eilat Airport shut, major roads closed
By ToI Staff
An Israel soldier at the entrance of the Palestinian town of Yatta in the West Bank on June 9, 2016. (AFP/HAZEM BADE)
June 9, 2016, 11:59 am
IDF raids hometown of Tel Aviv gunmen, maps house for demolition
Soldiers make several arrests in West Bank village, close off area except for ‘humanitarian cases’
By Judah Ari Gross
Children play in a water fountain near the Old City's Tower of David, Jerusalem, on April 17, 2016. (Corinna Kern/Flash90)
May 15, 2016, 7:08 pm
More than 370 treated in record-breaking heatwave
Eilat sizzles in 46ºC heat (115ºF) as firefighters battle brushfires across the country; Routes 44, 375 outside Jerusalem, 90 in north closed
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: Border Police at the Qalandiya checkpoint, October 23, 2012 (Oren Nahshon/Flash90)
May 10, 2016, 10:42 pm
Israel seals off West Bank for memorial, independence days
IDF announces shutdown just hours before it goes into effect; exceptions to be made for ‘humanitarian cases’
By Judah Ari Gross
File: IDF soldiers stand guard south of the West Bank city of Hebron, October 20, 2015. (AFP/Hazem Bader)
April 25, 2016, 5:03 pm
‘Relative quiet’ prompts Israel to end months of closure on Palestinian town
Main entrance to Hebron-area village of Bani Naim was blocked in the wake of clashes between IDF, local residents
By Tamar Pileggi
Firefighters and rescue personnel at the scene of a suicide bus bombing in Jerusalem, in which 20 people were wounded, on April 18, 2016, (Nati Shohat/Flash90)
April 21, 2016, 10:56 pm
Fearing terror attacks, IDF closes West Bank, Gaza ahead of Passover
Israel announces second closure in a month in wake of Jerusalem suicide bombing and amid concerns Hamas may strike again
By Judah Ari Gross
An Israeli soldier stands guard at a checkpoint near the Beit El settlement on the outskirts of West Bank city of Ramallah, on a road linking Ramallah and Jerusalem on February 1, 2016. (AFP/Thomas Coex)
March 22, 2016, 4:51 pm
IDF closes off West Bank for Purim holiday
In dramatic but not unprecedented move, Palestinians barred from entering Israel except for special cases, army says
By Judah Ari Gross
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